Seriously silly question about 5 boxing.

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5man content from 0-60 is incredibly easy. You can dominate all the instances with any group makeup.

BC 5 mans require at least a dedicated tank.

WOTLK will need a dedicated tank that can be healed capably.

That said I'd go with tank, 3 different dps, healer - mixed group. IMO, a variety of classes keeps it very interesting.

Thanks d0z3rr, I will do a dedicated tank and healer, just to future proof myself. At first I thought 5 hunters.

For PvE, I'd go with:
- 1x Prot Paladin
- 3x Elem. Shaman
- 1x Demo/Destro Warlock.

Possibly dual-spec one of the shammies to Resto.
That would make harder content (ie, being undergeared) a lot easier.

If you want to do everything at 60th, you could turn off experience most of the way in 60.
And do as much Classic Warcraft stuff as you'd like.

Then turn experience back on, level to 70th.
And do the same, as you go through all the level 70 content.

Thanks Ualaa, I assume that Pally is easier to control than a warrior tank, thats why pally is more popular.

You dont need to 5 box to see the old content. A level 80 tank in t9 badge gear can solo everything even some of the current level 80 dungeon heroics. There are a ton of YouTube videos of almost every class soloing BC raid content.

Personally I would recommend using one of the more classic and tested groups if you have not multi-boxed before. A tank and 4 shaman are arguably the easiest to get up and running. If all you want to do is old content, even 5 shaman will show you everything. You will only have to setup one set of macros and control and copy it to the rest. Its very easy to just one button face roll everything from 1-80 these days. However if you are thinking of 5 boxing for the long haul, then there are a ton of extra factors to consider. Such as group makeup, item and armor usage so nothing that drops goes to waste. Rezing and trade skill setups. PVP. etc. There are a hundred party setup threads here. Search and see what has been recommended before.

Thanks SBJones, you are right, I have been exploring on my hunter a lot of the low level stuff, but I have always had a fetish towards more than one account, and since I found this site and have been reading, I really like to try 5 boxing, and who knows maybe five box most of the WoTLK and some of the Cataclysm when not many people are on.